... interests. The casualties and accidents of litigation are so frequent, and sometimes so expensive, that they occasion more expenditure than even the whole of the proceedings that go on in the accustomed course ; and if the cause of action is not of... Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice - Page 68by Samuel Warren, Sir George Stephen, Sir James Stephen - 1839 - 407 pagesFull view - About this book
| Law - 1839 - 508 pages
...expenditure than even the whole of the proceedings that go on in the accustomed course ; and if tlic cause of action is not of sufficient importance to...to advise the client to submit to his loss." This axiom is illustrated by an instance in which it became necessary to dispatch a witness in a chaise... | |
| Samuel Warren - Law - 1874 - 434 pages
...accustomed course; and if the cause of action is not of sufficient importance to warrant costs out of tliĀ« ordinary routine, if necessary, it is wiser and more...recover debts, or damages for pecuniary injury, the expense resolves itself into mere matter of arithmetical calculation; such actions, however, form by... | |
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